kenya's capitol while a series of blasts started in nairobi. ♪ this is al jazeera, live from doha and other top stories, back for the second time in a week, u.s. secretary of state john kerry tries to keep talks alive. russia raises the price of gas to ukraine by more than 40% in the latest standoff by the two countries and calling it unprecedented the charity doctors without borders talks

about the deadly out break of ebola in west africa. ♪ three blasts in kenya's capitol killed six people and injured many more and happened in an area of nairobi with a large population. >> reporter: it had maximum effect and enjoying an evening meal when three explosive devices were held in nairobi and it hit the road where people were selling food and then in restaurants where it's believed most of the deaths occurred. the owner said they locked the door after throwing the device so no one could escape. his wife was inconsolable and follows the shooting of six people at a church service a week ago, normally safe family

outings are now dangerous here. this is the latest in a series of attacks to hit kenya in the past few years. no one has claimed responsibility yet. but since kenya sent soldiers into neighboring somalia to get out al-sha bob, that men, women and children are paying a price. >> the issues and we are there to ensure that nairobi and kenya people are secure. >> reporter: many people don't feel safe particularly since 67 people were killed last year at west gate shopping center. al-sha bob says the blood shed was its handy work but much is unsolved and the scene of the latest attack is known as little mogadusih and the nairobi and

somali community and is more sense in the last week since the government said all refugees most of who are somali must leave the city and go back to designated refugee camps and that is because some of the people responsible for recent attacks have been refugees and the people argue they are suffering collective punishments for reactions of a few, tonya page in nairobi. >> reporter: the trial has been postponed until october and uhuru kenyatta is accused of wave of violence in 2007 and people died at the time and the trial is delayed to give the kenya government more time to provide evidence. in other news the u.s. secretary of state has met met israeli benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem but he did not meet the palestinian president and is on his way back to brussels.

for more let's go to stephanie decker who is in jerusalem for us. stephanie, this was an emergency trip to the region, a second time in a week, in fact, why was kerry there? >> reporter: what he is trying to do is he is trying to get the talks extended beyond the original deadline of april 29. now it all hangs in the balance for one issue, this is the last, the fourth and financial palestinian prisoner release that israel is saying it won't carry out at the moment and there is 14 israeli palestinians in it and very contentious in israel not just among the people but netanyahu made it clear that government could collapse and the palestinians were clear, we are not talking about any extension in talks until these prisoners get released so this is a shuttle diplomacy from kerry and he was here less than 15 hours and met twice with netanyahu, met once with the

palestinian negotiator and did not meet with al-bas because maybe he didn't have a clear answer on the issue but we are hearing strong indications he could be back on wednesday to try and resolve it. >> there is a lot of speculation right now, stephanie, about the possible release of the israelis by jonathan in the u.s. and why is this significant in the current context? >> reporter: well, it's seen as a massive bargaining chip the u.s. has to keep israel on site and make israel give concessions that it doesn't want to do. he is a u.s. spy, convicted in 1985 of passing information to israel, israel says he passed on information that had mostly to do with the middle east and it's a huge case in israel and will cause a lot of satisfaction, if it is done, but of course the terms of the palestinians they will want huge concessions if

it's done and there are reports from officials close to the negotiations that as part of this deal perhaps israel will release another 400 palestinian prisoners of their choosing, also a potential unofficial settlement freeze in the west bank, this is something that israel said it did not want to do in this round of talks and certainly kerry having a very difficult talk and the interesting think is that he has made it clear that he doesn't want to be part of any palestinian prisoner exchange, he doesn't want to be a part as a tool in the talks. but i'm not sure if he will be given that chance at this point. >> stephanie decker is live for us in jerusalem and russia raised the price 40% and they give them half the gas and says it has to increase prices because kiev owes $1.7 billion in unpaid bills and this is higher than other european

nation and ended a deal to supply ukraine with cheap gas after the interim government took power in february. ukraine parliament voted to approve nato training exercises and brought some troops back from the border and putin informed them about the move in a personal phone call and we have more from kiev. >> reporter: russia's announcement that some troops are withdrawing from the border with ukraine will only serve slightly to less intentions. [gunfire] these soldiers in front of the acting president will stay on their guard, the crisis is not over yet. >> translator: we have negotiations but i would like to say freeing crimea from occupation will always be the main issue. >> reporter: for ukraine that seems increasingly unlikely, on monday russia's prime minister was in crimea promising to raise pensions and military salaries.

>> translator: a fundamental decision has been taken to increase the pensions in crimea to the average russian level. with the help of a special addition payment and this approach is agreed by me with the president of russia. >> reporter: it's the strongest signal yet the person la is firmly russian now. kiev called the visit a crude violation but can do nothing about it. all of which is cause for concern among those who fought for the down fall of the netanyahu government and those who still look and wonder at the battlements of the city's independent square. >> translator: i don't know what to tell you about the future. it depends on the government which has its own problems to deal with. the fact that crimea was taken away from us is not a success. >> reporter: are you concerned about your country's relationship with russia? >> translator: russia is good people. it's such a shame it's like this. >> reporter: it's more than a

month since viktor yanukovych fled the country but people are in the square and reluctant to leave until order is returned to ukraine. and post coup if you like things are moving pretty quickly and the square still looks like a war zone but the country faces elections in eight weeks time and that is something unthinkable just eight weeks ago, but russia has a call from the east and atonomy from kiev but the danger is in eight week's time the country may not but noted in knowing what it wants, i'm with al jazeera in kiev. >> the crisis in ukraine has raised questions about the role and relevance of nato, foreign ministers from the alliance are meeting in brussels right now to reassure us and mr. jordan reports. >> reporter: the political crisis in ukraine and what is the illegal russian annexation

of crimea they are stressing why it's still relevant. >> more than 60 years we have come together in nato not to claim other lands but to keep nations free. >> reporter: but some analysts say the alliance needs to return to its roots after more than a decade of operations outside of europe. >> nato felt things were relatively under control and had the freedom and capability and experience to under take missions in other places. >> reporter: it was simple, 28 member countries agree to defend each other if attacked and went to war in afghanistan after the september 1 1 attacks but cooperates with 22 so called partner states including russia and ukraine. 11 countries in the middle east and north africa and 8 countries that are not located near the atlantic ocean. even though nato is a security organization it has long made economic coordination part of

the mission and members used alliance with nonmembers to respond to emergencies around the world such as the 2004 tsunami but the problems though are challenging, all nato members are supposed to spend 2% of gdp on defense, only 3 countries do so, that means joint operations like the 2011 airborne in libya and 1999 war were run mainly by u.s. forces. after the russia, georgia war in 2008, some nato members resisted expanding alliance because they didn't want to have to defend russia's neighbors from attack. moscow meantime is suspicious of nato's ultimate goals. >> it sees it as an organization set up basically to contain and confront the soviet union but hasn't really found a new mission for itself in the post cold war world. >> reporter: is a top to bottom

thought required or have they reenforced the original purpose mutual self-defense. >> we are clear article five remains at the heart of nato's purpose and mission. >> reporter: a story defense alliance focused on its original mission even as it tries to reframe itself for 21st century challenges. roslyn jordan al jazeera, washington. >> three journalists jailed in egypt are allowed to address a judge for the first time, greste and mohamed and are accused of false news and al jazeera rejects charges and demanding immediate release of staff. paying the price for the debt ap the third biggest economy faces a sales tax hike. >> and i'm in the islands where

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♪ welcome back and you are watching al jazeera and reminder of the top stories, three bomb blasts in nairobi killed six people and dozens injured and attacks happened in the so mali populated area in nairobi and the u.s. secretary of state met

with benjamin netanyahu for the second time in less than 12 hours in jerusalem and john kerry is trying to talk with palestinians and now on his way back to brussels. they raised the price of gas to ukraine 40% to bring it in line with european crisis and the late nest the standoff since crimea voted to join russia last month. the charity doctors without borders is describing the scale of the ebola out break as unprecedented and killed 78 people in new guinea and liberia and highly contagious and no cure or vaccine. >> reporter: an unusual site at the largest market held officials out in full force trying to spread the word about the ebola virus and urge people to wash their hands properly and to use disinfecting.

>> translator: a disease has come to guinea and we must use bleach in the house for the toilets to cleanup in general. >> reporter: despite an intense public awareness campaign the message isn't reaching everyone. >> translator: i have no idea about the ebola virus, only god can help us, how can we prevent it. >> reporter: it's been nearly two months since ebola struck guinea and the disease is spreading quickly making it tough for medical groups trying to contain its spread. >> translator: we are facing an epidemic of never been seen especially by distribution of cases in the area. >> reporter: fever are confirmed across scattered locations including the capitol and neighboring liberia and they want to close the border with

guinea. >> translator: they are right, they must restrict travel until a solution is found to stop then -- this epidemic. >> reporter: there is no treatment for ebola and the strain detected in guinea is particularly dangerous and killed nine and ten of its victims who suffer severe internal and external bleeding. the two most important things that we need to do at this time is to stop the outbreak from replicating for more cases occurring in hospitals. the other priority is to trace all the possible contacts of the known cases to ensure that we know who they are and to see if they develop symptoms, or not. >> reporter: it's still not known how the virus first passed to humans in guinea. gerald tan with al jazeera. >> some breaking news from thailand where one protesters

has been killed and four others injured during an antigovernment march in bangkok, the protests were led by students and also people, the people who network for thailand's reform. again we are hearing one protester has been killed and four others injured in thailand during an antigovernment march and we will bring you more information on this breaking news story if and when we have it. french president has named a new prime minister and the ruling socialist party wants to change the government after it lost 150 seats in local elections. chinese and european leaders have been meeting in brussels and eu is talking about eager to strengthen relations and phil reports. >> reporter: he may be made in china but what is made in europe has ping excited and the bus and bmw have benefitted from his

country's checkbook this week and that is france and germany, the next and final stop is belgium. the city will be more specific, this place is a long way from china geographically and metaphoricily and it's one of a souper power developing at an astonishing rate and here it's a sleepy place and links between the two and it will attack as many chinese people as it can and china likewise appears to have a soft spot for this place. which explains why it built this, a chinese library completed in the space of a week. little piece of china in the heart of a medieval city to educate students in eastern affairs. this is a generation that just won't watch china as it grows but interact and students at the college of europe are getting ready for that. >> right now the eu and china

are becoming more and more intertwined and for a new generation we need to be aware of ties and build upon them. >> i think cooperation between the two sides is absolutely necessary and the economic connections have already been very, very significant. >> reporter: trading pandas help with the photo ops and these chinese bears have a cute factor but she is more interested in the commerce factor, formalizing those relations with the eu, trade with the union is worth almost $1.5 billion every single day. the eu is china's primary trading partner, that is the eu, not the u.s. which is why experts say attitudes need to change. >> there are more specialists, u.s., china relations than eu china relations and i think it's really necessary for more chinese to get deeper knowledge of the european union. >> reporter: this is the first

time a chinese president has been to the eu since relationships were established decades ago and if life begins at 40 there will be many more happy returns, al jazeera. >> japans that a 50 year ban on exports and changes will see tokyo selling equipment like aircraft and mine detectors to southeast asia and india and they are suspicious and they are in dispute in the east china sea. and he is from the mit center for international studies and says japan is trying to keep the military industry alive. >> the timing is bad. this is coming at the same time as the discussion over whether japan will adopt collective self-defense which is the idea that japan will defend other countries if other countries will defend japan. that principle has not applied previously and that is also being discussed and that also

upsets the chinese. however, these particular arms export principles are really a -- first, the rules have been extremely strict. and they really have nothing to do with an expansion of japanese and military power and it's industrial policy. >> reporter: staying with japan prime minister is trying to overcome soaring debt and shoppers will pay more from electronics to food. and harry faucet reports. >> reporter: and his shop has been in his family for generations. he and his staff have an art of making an inexpensive food but like small business owners across the country he is worried of the impact that will arise in sales tax from 5-8%. >> translator: tofu is something you'd everyday and you have to pay tax each time. i think it's going to weigh heavily on my customers. >> reporter: 5% japan sales tax

is seen by a person as out of kilter that is twice of the economy. >> translator: the country has so much debt and our generation has to face it and children and grandchildren. >> translator: it cannot be helped and partly because our government did not do well to this point and hope they don't waste the money. >> reporter: the prime minister made economic recovery the priority of his administration for his so called stim ligs, deregulation and reform, the golf has persuading big companies to raise salaries and announced $50 billion stimulus in hope any shock to the economy caused by the tax hike will be short lived. >> we should see a negative gdp growth in the april, june quarter this year. nevertheless we are believing that the economy should pick up in the july, september quarter. >> reporter: much of this is about demography and confronting

the raising costs of the aging society and still this move is a tentative one. this is very much a first step in putting japan's financial house in order, a second rise taking the tax to 10% is currently slated for october next year and many economists say it would go up to 15 or 20% if it's really going to tackle japan's public debt. weeks leading up to the rise has a surge of spending as consumers rush to beat the deadline day and businesses big and small are bracing for a downturn and hoping it's brief, harry faucet tokyo. >> reporter: a last-minute rush in the u.s. to sign up for president obama's affordable care act and patty reports. >> reporter: this is the state of health insurance in the united states, on the last official day to sign up for new insurance or pay a fine, long lines around the country the problem plagued website crashed twice and the administration

it's proof that barack obama signature legislation was needed, now they will get help to buy insurance and middle class will pay more. so far 10 million people have signed up for private or government-run health insurance but for the program to be fiscally sound young, healthy people need to sign up. that has been the sole focus of the administration, getting celebrity endorsements, putting the presidents on programs watched by the young like this comm common -- comedy show. >> so far the numbers show 33% of those signing up are the key young demographic and experts say it needs to be closer to 40%. >> given the democrats are sort of politically vulnerable on this issue i suspect what is going to happen is the administration will help out insurers if they have fewer young low cost people than

expected. >> reporter: that would be incredibly damaging to the president and program to avoid that the administration has been very carefully crafting each event like this one last week with joe biden, the vice president's wife. >> everybody here is going to sign up, right. >> reporter: the media was not allowed to talk to any one they did not preselect and coach but they didn't seem to know what they actually paid for and got in return. >> i have not looked too deep into the health coverage yet. >> i have not thought about that but that is something i will look into it and i have to do the math. >> reporter: this is more than health insurance and it's about map, the country, the program and the people who are a part of it, it's still not clear if the math actually adds up and if it does there is one important number 30 million, the number of people in america who still will not have health insurance even if the president's health insurance law is eventually labeled a success. patty with al jazeera,

washington. >> plans to search for oil around the waters of spain's island have angered locals and fear environmental damage and sonia reports. >> reporter: every year the spain islands draw visitors to the shores. the weather and the laid back lifestyle has fortunes and turned it into a major holiday destinations but what may lie beneath the waters has produced a storm of protest. under the seabed there is a murky promise of something that could change the future of these islands, oil. for years there has been much speculation of the existence in the gulf and now a scottish energy company plans to find out and news is not welcomed by the locals. these islands make the vast majority of them from the waves of tourists who come here year after year. if there is a go ahead to drill exploration could spell disaster for the economy here. >> translator: responsibility lies with the present

government, with the ruling popular party which i'm a member to stop this. >> reporter: if any of the investigations reveal there is oil beneath these waters, that would give the go ahead for a platform to be built in the gulf of valencia and it would be outside of the site, any accidental damage would be disastrous for the islands and plans to have tests that could effect the wildlife that involves submitting 250 sound descibles and the sound on dolphins could prove fatal to them. >> translator: once the damage is done in dc which is a protected site the species unique to the area are in danger of extinction. >> reporter: the company behind this denies it would cause damage and in a statement to al jazeera they say they engaged with local communities under plans to get seismic data and

responding to concerns that are raised. as a responsible operator, environment protection is our top priority. inl vest gates -- investigations will be looked at by the end of the year and we will see it if can hold exploration in these seas. ♪ >> general motors recalls another 1.5 million vehicles just hours before its ceo is scheduled to be grilled on capitol hill. coincidence? i don't think so. also i'm looking at the government agency that is supposed to make sure you spend your hard-earned money on a safe car. and i'll tell you about health care reform, the big shift that will effect you some day even if you get your insurance through work. i'm ali velshi, "real money." ♪